Fascism the scent of Israel

From time to time, the Palestine Center distributes articles it believes will enhance understanding of the Palestinian political reality. The following article was published by Ali Abunimah in Electronic Intifada on March 19, 2018

“Ayelet Shaked, Israel’s justice minister, posted this video for her New Right party in which she boasts of its fascism.

The voiceover then says, ‘Fascism….’ and Shaked adds, ‘To me it smells like democracy,’ as she sprays the perfume on herself.’In reality, Shaked has been waging a systematic attack on Israel’s judiciary, especially the high court, habitually and falsely claiming that judges restrain the Israeli occupation army’s ability to kill Palestinians with impunity.

Following a shooting in the West Bank that left an Israeli soldier and settler dead on Sunday, Shaked claimed that ‘the legal constraints imposed on the Israel Defense Forces preclude effective deterrence,’ and that soldiers are afraid to shoot Palestinians in Gaza launching incendiary balloons over the boundary fence.”